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StuartR
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The Delta films, Efke 25 and Fuji Acros are all fairly high contrast black and white films. But as others have said, contrast comes primarily at the printing or post-processing stage. In the darkroom, don't be afraid to print at grade 3 or 4, and in photoshop, don't be afraid to shave off a good amount of your histogram. It is about making a photo that illustrates the scene as you want it to be shown, not so that every speck of shadow and highlight detail is visible.
Anyway, here are two examples -- same neg, same film, same frame. The difference is that one was flat out of the scanner, and the other was edited to be a contrastier photo.
If you have a choice, it is better to start with a less contrasty neg, as you can always increase contrast, but you cannot really go the other way. Slides of course are an exception.
Anyway, here are two examples -- same neg, same film, same frame. The difference is that one was flat out of the scanner, and the other was edited to be a contrastier photo.
If you have a choice, it is better to start with a less contrasty neg, as you can always increase contrast, but you cannot really go the other way. Slides of course are an exception.
